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It takes Mike 1 hour and 30 minutes to commute from home to work at an average speed of 40 miles per hour. If Mike

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If n is an integer greater than 10, then the expression (n^2 - 2n)(n + 1)(n - 1) MUST be divisible by which of the follo

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Which of the following points is the intersection between the lines...

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What is the coefficient of x2 in the expression (-3x2 + 2x + 1)(x - 1)2?

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Initially, the ratio of potbellied pigs to carrots in a room had been 1:60. After the potbellied pigs ate most of the

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A bus completed first 50 miles of a 120-mile trip at an average speed of 20 mph. Then it took a halt of 30 minutes and

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Rectangle ABCD is comprised of 4 right triangles and rectangle FGHI.

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If the decimal part of 5 is x, what is the decimal part of 45?

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What is the sum of odd integers from 35 to 85, inclusive?

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Each of the integers from 1 to 20 is written on the a separate index card and placed in a box. If the cards are drawn

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Each term of a certain sequence is 3 less than the previous term. The first term of this sequence is 19. If the sum of

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If three different integers are selected at random from the integers 1 through 8, what is the probability...

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If x is a positive integer greater than 2, the product of x consecutive positive integers must be divisible by which of

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Probability

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Diana invested $61,293 in an account with a fixed annual percent of interest, compounding quarterly. At the end of five

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How many 5 digit numbers have at least one zero digit?

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If x is the product of three consecutive positive integers, which of the following must be true?

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a, b, and c are positive integers with abc + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca + 4a + 4b + 4c = 447. What is the value of a + b + c?

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x and y are positive integers satisfying 0 < x - 3y < 1 and b is the decimal portion of (x + 3y)3. What

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For a finite sequence of non zero numbers, the number of

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If a and b are positive integers such that a/b = 82.024, which of the following can be the value of b?

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A telephone number contains 10 digit, including a 3-digit area code. Bob remembers the area code and the next 5 digits

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If points A and B are randomly placed on the circumference of a circle with radius 2, what is the probability that the l

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Each edge of a cubical block of wood measures 2 inches.

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From a total of 5 boys and 4 girls, how many 4-person committees can be selected if the committee must have exactly 2

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As shown in the figure above, a thin conveyor belt 15 feet long is drawn tightly around two circular wheels...

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Operating at the same constant rate, 4 identical machines can produce a total of 220 candles...

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We have a = 2 + 3. What is the value of a-aa+aa-a+1-3?

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Jack is making a list of his 5 favorite cities. He will choose 3 cities

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Five friends - Ross, Phoebe, Chandler, Joey, and Monica

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An integer n between 1 and 99, inclusive, is to chosen at random. What is the probability that n(n+1)...

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If 12 men and 16 women can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men...

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Marco rode his dirt bike at 40 miles per hour (mph) for two hours. If he then continued to ride at a different constant

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The letters D, G, I, I , and T can be used to form 5-letter strings as DIGIT

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In how many ways can we put 4 different balls in 3 different boxes

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A certain store sells only black shoes and brown shoes. In a certain week, the store sold x black shoes and y brown shoe

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Team A and Team B are competing against each other in a game of tug-of-war.

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Of the 12 temporary employees in a certain company,

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Members of a student parliament took a vote on a proposition for a new social event on Fridays.

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